Thanks for all your help with these questions. Much appreciated.
Just one more query...
> >4. The HOWTO says:
> >
> > IMPORTANT: IP forwarding is disabled by default since 2.0.34
> > kernels, please make sure you enable it by running
> > echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> >
> >This seems a very strange way to enable something. Does it need to be
> >done at boot time, or when? Why is it done like this?
>
> This is the standard way to change kernel variables at run time. It
> only needs to be done once per boot, and boot time is as good a
> time as any. rc.local is probably a good choice for this command as
> well.
I don't seem to have an rc.local file. Is there one for Debian linux?
And if not, does Debian have something else instead?
Cheers,
Mark.
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